Safety poling-pocket for railway-cars.



H. W. BLOOD.

SAFETY POLING POOKBT FOR RAILWAY GARS.

APPLIOATION FILED MAY 19. 1014.

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SAFETY POLIG-POKET FOR RAILWAY-CARS.

Specification. of Letters Patent.

Patented Dec. 1, 19111.y

Application led May 19, 1914. Serial No. 839,543.

To all whom it may concern usually provided at suitable points with'shallow poling pockets, generally one at each corner of a car, so thatregardless of the position of the latter one end of a pote may be heldagainst one of said pockets for shunting a car on an adjacent track, theopposite end of the pole being placed in the ocket of the car to beshunted, The poling pockets now in use are all of equal depth andconsequently require extreme care in positioning the pole. 1t oftenoccurs that an employee of the road in attempting to position the poleso that the ends engage the mover and moving car, respectively, willvbecome injured by reason of the pole breaking and parts flying invarious directions. While shunting a car on an adjacent track, itsometimes occurs that there will be greater distance between cooperatingpockets than the length of the pole, in consequenceof which one end ofthe pole will become disengaged from the car and drop to the ground. lIfit -should so happen that the end of the pole engaged by the moving carshould drop while the mover is still in motion, the pole will be forcedinto the roadbed, sometimes under a tie and at other times under thetrack and considerable damage thus done to the track, and possiblypersonal injury caused by breakinga of the pole.

The primary object of my invention is to overcome these objections byproviding means rendering it impossible for the pole to become firstdisengaged fromthe moving car so that if the pole should drop, that endthe first 'to come in contact with the ground, thus permitting the moverto proceed without causing damage or personal injury.

My invention consists in providing shallow and deep pockets on the moverand moving cars, respectively, and it also consists in furnishing eachcar with a deep and shallow will be pocket so that the car can be usedinterchangeably as the mover or the moving car. It further consists inthe novel features of construction and in the arrangement andcombination of parts to be hereinafter described and more particularlypointed out in the subjoined claims.

1n the drawings.-Figure 1 is a plan view of two parallel railway tracks,showing the manner in which cars on one, termed the moving cars aremoved by means of a pole interposed between said cars and a car' orlocomotive, termed the mover, on the other track. Fig. 2 is an end Viewof a portion of a railway car showing the preferred arrangement of myinvention. Fig. 3 are horizontal sections of portions of two cars onadjacent tracks having a pole interposed between them. Fig. 4: is adetached perspective view of the casting or abutment in which the deepand shallow pockets of a car are formed, said casting or abutment beingadapted to be secured to the end of'a car or locomotive. Fig. 5 is anend view of a portionof a car showing the poling pockets arrangedslightly diiferent from the arrangement shown in Fig. 2. Fig. 6 is ahorizontal section through a steel car with the staking pockets formeddirectly in the car construction.

Referring now to the drawings in detail, like numerals of referencerefer to like parts in the-several figures.

The reference numerals 8 and 9 designate l of the moving car or cars,and for this purpose the mover has at each corner an abutl ment orpocket member 13, and the moving cars have at each of their corners anabutment or pocket member 14. By providing pocket members at the fourcorners of the moving car and at least two of the corners of the mover,it is possible to pole cars regardless of the position they may be inwith respect to the mover.

In preferred construction, each of the abutments `or pocket members 13,14 comprises a metallic casting having a' shallowA g figure the pole 12has one end entered in the deep pocket 16 of the moving car l0 while theother end is entered in the shallow pocket 15 of the mover 11, themoving car and mover being adapted for movement in the direction of thearrows 18. ln this preferred construction the pockets are arrangedhorizontally, whereas in Fig. 5 pockets are arranged vertically, thedeep pocket 16 being positioned above the shallow pocket.

In Fig. 6 a metallic oar is shown having an end plate 19 continued alongthe side of the car, as at 20, and the end portion 19 being connectedwith the side portion 20 by an angular portion 21 in which latter thevshallow pocket 22 is formed while the deep pocket 23 is formed in theend portion 19, said deep pocket being minus the projecting safetyflange 17 shown in Figs. 2, 3, 4 and 5.

When positioning the pole between the mover and moving car or cars, oneend of the pole is thrust to a greater extent into the deep pocket ofthe moving car than the other end is thrust into the shallow pocket ofthe mover, consequently if in movement of the cars-by which term isintended to be included a locomotive, locomotive tender, or any otherrailway rolling stock-the moving car should become spaced farther fromthe mover, the end of the pole engaged with the latter will gravitateiirst so t. at the mover may continue to travel without possibility ofinjuring the roadbed or track or causing personal injury, as would bethe case if the end of the pole in contact with the moving car were rstto drop. Moreover, in posi.- tioning the pole, an employee need notwatch both pockets or exert himself in supporting the pole in properposition, as it is only necessary to insert one end of the pole' in thedeep pocket of the moving car while taking mienne hold of the pole nearthe opposite'end so as to direct the same into the shallow pocket of themover as the latter approaches.

By positioning the pockets vertically it is an advantage to place thedeep pocket 16 above the shallow pocket 15 so that when the pole becomesdisengaged from the shallow pocket it will drop directly to the ground;butin the event of the shallow pocket being above the deep pocket, thepole might become disengaged from the shallow pocket and enter the deeppocket which would be personal pockets at each corner of one end of theoar,

one pocket being deeper than the other.

3. A' railway car having a pair of pockets at each corner, one pocketbeing deeper than the other.

4. A railway car having two paling pockets at one of its corners, onebeing deeper than the other, the deep pocket being in a plane nearer thelongitudinal center of the car than the shallow pocket.

5. A railway car having a pocket member secured thereto, said memberhaving a deep poling pocket and a shallow poling pocket.

6. A railway car having two poling pockets arranged in close relation,one of said pockets having an annular safety flange.

7.- A railway car having two poling pockets arranged in close relation,one of said pockets being deeper than the other and having an annularprojecting safety Harige.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

Witnesses:

GEORGE M. BREED, HENRY W. BLooD..

HARRY W. BLOOD.

